SAN BERNARDINO >> U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is visiting North Park Elementary School Friday to offer her condolences and thank school staff for their response to the April 10 shooting there that left a special education teacher and student dead and another student wounded.
San Bernardino City Unified School District spokeswoman Linda Bardere said in a telephone interview the event was closed to the news media.
“She’s here to offer her condolences to the families of the victims and to thank staff for their response to the crisis,” Bardere said.
Bardere said if time permits, DeVos will visit classrooms and read to students.
Veteran teacher Karen Elaine Smith was fatally shot by her estranged husband, Cedric Anderson, about 10:30 a.m. April 10. Anderson turned the gun on himself and committed suicide after shooting Smith and two students, police said.
Students Jonathan Martinez, 8, and Nolan Brandy, 9, were also shot. Martinez died at the hospital shortly after he was shot. Nolan survived and has since been released from the hospital.
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